Diana Armfield

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Diana Armfield
MSIA
Born
Diana Maxwell Armfield

(1920-06-11) 11 June 1920 (age 103)
Ringwood, Hampshire
, England
Education
OccupationArtist
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 1949; died 2017)​
Children3
Relatives

Diana Maxwell Armfield

Royal Academician in 1991.[3]

Personal life

Armfield was born in Ringwood, Hampshire and attended

Kew, south-west London[5] and also has a home in Wales.[2][6]

Career

Armfield has worked as a painter, designer and teacher. She started her career running the Armfield-Passano Partnership with

Victoria & Albert Museum collection.[4] After travelling to the Soviet Union Armfield became inspired by Ukrainian folk design.[4]

During

Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1989 and in 1991 became a full member.[3]

Armfield has exhibited in London, and is particularly associated with the Browse & Darby Gallery.

The British Museum, the Contemporary Art Society for Wales and the Government Picture Collection.[2][1]

Armfield is a member of the New English Art Club (elected in 1970), the Royal West of England Academy (elected in 1975), the Royal Watercolour Society (elected in 1980) and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art.[1][8][9] She is an editorial consultant for Leisure Painter magazine.[10]

Publications

Armfield has appeared in and has consulted on many publications:[7]

The New English by Kenneth McConkey,

ISBN 1903973988

Pocket Guide: Painting in Oils (Series Consultant)

ISBN 0855333723

Drawing, A Practical Step by Step Guide (Series Consultant)

ISBN 0855335017

The Art of Diana Armfield by Julian Halsby,

ISBN 0715302337

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Armfield, Diana Maxwell". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-953260-95X
    .
  3. ^ a b c d Royal Academy of Arts: Diana Armfield RA | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts, accessdate: 29 August 2014
  4. ^ a b c d e f James Fairweather (2013). "Diana Armfield Old Bedalian 1937". Bedales School. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview with local artist, Diana Armfield" (PDF). The Kew Society Newsletter. Summer 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-184851-8766
    .
  7. ^ a b c "Diana Armfield RA NEAC Hon Rt RWS". The New English Art Club. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Diana Armfield RA PS NEAC". Mall Galleries. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Diana Armfield Academician RWA (Emeritus), RA". The Royal West of England Academy. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Diana Armfield, RA RWS RWA NEAC RCamA". Marais Fine Arts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

External links

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